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AF1 Scoreboard

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Albany 60, Michigan 57 – Quarterback Sam Castranova threw for 316 yards and nine touchdowns Saturday night as Albany (6-0) held off host Michigan (1-5) at Dow Event Center. Castranova, the reigning AF1 league and playoff MVP, completed 29 of 39 passes, receiver Isiah Scott caught nine passes for 107 yards and four touchdowns, and Duane Brown added nine receptions for 120 yards and three scores. Michigan quarterback Malik Henry threw for 210 yards and seven touchdowns, and receiver Daniel Williams III had 10 receptions for 105 yards and six touchdowns.

Nashville 63, Oceanside 49 – Tyler Kulka threw for six touchdowns as Nashville (4-1) clipped Oceanside (1-4) at F&M Bank Arena. Kulka completed 22 of 30 passes for 313 yards, Charles Hall IV had eight catches for 112 yards and four touchdowns, Malik Honeycutt added seven receptions for 117 yards and a touchdown, and Desmond Maxwell had a pair of rushing touchdowns for the Kats. Oceanside quarterback Rudy Johnson completed 22 of 33 passes for 312 yards and seven touchdowns. Tajae Brooks caught five passes for 86 yards and three touchdowns, Tyler Kennedy added seven receptions for 98 yards and two scores, and Jovohn Tucker finished with six catches for 94 yards and a touchdown for the Bombers. Simeon Burns had 10 tackles for Oceanside.

Washington 79, Oregon 19 – The Wolfpack's Jaiave Magalei threw for three touchdowns at First Interstate Bank Center in Redmond, Oregon, as Washington improved to 2-3 and Oregon fell to 1-4. Magalei completed 8 of 13 passes for 139 yards. Robert McCoy Jr. completed 5 of 18 passes for 31 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions, while Dalton Cole completed 2 of 13 passes for 26 yards for the Lightning.

Kentucky 55, Beaumont 36 – Darryl Overstreet Jr., making his first start for Kentucky, completed 21 of 34 passes for 269 yards and seven touchdowns while also rushing for two scores as the Barrels improved to 4-1. Jalen Marshall had six receptions for 104 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Andrew Mcbride threw for five touchdowns, connecting on 20 of 35 passing attempts for 171 yards. Zuri Davis had eight receptions and four touchdowns for the Renegades.

WEEK 7 GAMES

Nashville at Minnesota, Friday

Beaumont at Washington, Saturday

Michigan at Oregon, Saturday

Kentucky at Oceanside, Sunday

AF1 NOTEBOOK

Darryl Overstreet Jr. officially stepped into the starting role Sunday night for the Kentucky Barrels, adding another intriguing name to the growing list of young quarterbacks trying to use AF1 as a springboard into the professional ranks.

The former Upper Iowa standout made his first start for Kentucky in a 55-36 home victory over Beaumont on Sunday, bringing a dual-threat style that already has drawn attention from scouts at multiple levels of pro football. Overstreet threw for nearly 2,800 yards and 23 touchdowns during his final college season in 2025 while completing better than 72 percent of his passes, numbers that helped place him among Division II football’s most efficient quarterbacks.

Several evaluators view the 6-foot-2, 210-pound quarterback as a legitimate prospect for future opportunities in the CFL, UFL or NFL camp circuit if his progression continues. For now, the Barrels may have landed one of the more interesting young quarterbacks in arena football.

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